Abstract

This report contains summaries of papers on reactor safety research to be presented at the 2002 Nuclear Safety Research Conference (formerly titled the Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting) at the Marriott Hotel at Metro Center in Washington, DC, October 28-30, 2002.

The summaries briefly describe the programs and results of nuclear safety research sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Also included are summaries of invited papers concerning nuclear safety issues from U.S. government laboratories, the electric utilities, the nuclear industry, and from foreign governments and industry.

The summaries have been compiled here to provide a basis for meaningful discussion of information exchanged during the course of the meeting, and are in the order of their presentation on each day of the meeting.